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The Tasks
All of the following tasks would be included in the rescue program for a village. The task descriptions and costs are meant to represent the needs of 435 people. Costs are based on estimates provided by local suppliers and companies during a trip to Cambodia in April 2007.
Task1: Provide One Year of Rice Seed and Basic Nutrition
Task2: Cows For Farming
Task3: Dig A Well
Task4: Build Shelters
Task5: Build Community Facilities/Warehouse
The Seed Project
Task 1: Provide One Year of Rice Seed and Basic Nutrition
During our survey, the victims stated that rice seeds were their greatest need, so that they could grow their own food and end their reliance on food handouts. Our seed program is designed to allow 435 people to grow enough food to sustain themselves.
In the meantime, AVCLM plans to provide these families with enough food for one year, including rice, salt, salt fish, canned fish and cooking oil. Until the model village achieves self-sufficiency, the families and villages most severely victimized by landmines will need support to meet their basic food needs and to avoid hunger and malnutrition. While most families can grow their own vegetables and herbs, some foods need to be purchased.
Rescue Cambodia will ensure that every family has enough food supplies to supplement the crops that a village can produce on its own. After the first year, a model village should no longer need this supplement, and experience shows that villagers will be able to maintain their rice fields year after year. The estimated cost to support this project for one year is shown in the chart below. Estimates were provided by local suppliers and companies during a trip to Cambodia in April 2007.
Please help our effort by donating money to The Seed Project. Together we can overcome generations of suffering, death, poverty and starvation by simply providing seeds and food to landmine victims for a year while they wait for their crops to yield a harvest.
Cost Breakdown for One Year of the Seed Program |
| Material Costs |
| Rice seed to begin planting $16,250.00 |
| Registration fee in Cambodia (one time fee) $3,000.00 |
| Food supplies for 435 people |
| Rice for eating $28,675.00 |
| Salt $1,200.00 |
| Salt fish/Canned fish $23,125.00 |
| Cooking Oil $15,210.00 |
| Sum total before tax $87,460.00 |
| 12% tax $10,495.20 |
| Transportation (delivery fee) $6,500.00 |
| Total material costs $104,455.20 |
| Implementation Costs |
| Field supervisor salary $2,500.00 |
| Project Developement cost $2,500.00 |
| Traveling costs for one staff members $3,700.00 |
| Staff accommodations $3,500.00 |
| Staff transportation (rental car) $2,700.00 |
| An accountant fee $2,500.00 |
| Office costs: family profiles,Photos, video, photocopies $4,700.00 |
| Total implementation costs $22,100.00 |
| Total annual cost for 435 people $126,555.20 |
Task 2: Cows For Farming
Cows are a key resource in rural Cambodia. Cambodian children grow up with cows, and cows are part of the Cambodian family. They provide muscle to plow the rice fields and are the main source of local transportation. Their manure acts as a natural and readily available fertilizer. Unfortunately, today many Cambodian families cannot afford even one cow. AVCLM would provide each family in the village with one cow, while families will also be able to borrow cows from each other to work in the fields. This plan will promote more cooperation and participation within each community.
| Typical Cost | 50 Cows @ $1000 each | $50,000 |
Task 3: Dig A Well
Millions of gallons of Agent Orange have been sprayed in Cambodia, and contamination of the Cambodian watershed remains a major concern many years later. Chemicals are still found in the water as far down as five metres underground. Birth defects have become common in Cambodian children whose parents have been drinking this water for years.
Many village wells are now in disrepair or are no longer usable. AVCLM proposes a well project that will provide Cambodians with clean drinking water. It is often necessary to rebuild the wells from scratch rather than fix old equipment to ensure that people have clean water. The goal is to build two wells with manual pumps in each village. Machines must dig about 50 to 60 metres down into the ground to extract natural spring water that hasn’t been affected by Agent Orange. In addition, a 10,000-gallon storage tank will be installed so that people can also use the wells for basic daily needs such as showering and washing their clothes.
| Total Costs | 2 wells @ USD $7,500 each | USD $15,000 |
Buying the land for 10 hectares for building site one hectare cost $5,000 =$50,000
Task 4: Build Shelters
Cambodian houses are much smaller and more basic than North American ones, and will consist of one sleeping/living space, a separate kitchen and an indoor bathroom to improve hygiene. Cambodians sleep together in one room rather than in separate bedrooms, and sleeping outside is an alternative except in the rainy season. An attached garden can produce most of a family's vegetable and herb needs, using gray water from cooking and cleaning as a source of irrigation. Human waste from the bathroom will be recycled to produce fertilizer for the garden.
Many houses in rural Cambodia are in very poor condition, and not capable of protecting people from the weather. Replacement shelters would be built on the site of existing housing, using community labor. AVCLM would purchase materials, arrange transportation and pay for a contractor to coordinate building efforts.
| Property Costs | 10 hectars of land @ $5,000 each | $50,000 |
| Typical Costs | 50 replacement shelters @ $7000 each | $350,000 |
| Transportation Costs | $18,500 | $18,500 |
| Pay a Contractor & Labour | $29,500 | $29,500 |
| Total Cost | $398,000 | $448,000 |
Task 5: Build Community Facilities/Warehouse
Villages need a secure place to store seeds, community tools and materials for maintaining the village. A warehouse will facilitate the security and safety of food, rice and materials. People also need a space to conduct village business and to store village records. Communications facilities could also be made available in such a space. A community meeting place would also be useful for other organizations to provide education about health and nutrition-related services, as well as meals to supplement the diets of pregnant women, new mothers, orphans and young children.
| Typical Cost | Warehouse/Office/Community Building | $120,000 |
| Transportation Cost | $12,500 | $12,500 |
| Pay a Contractor & Labour | $16,500 | $16,500 |
| Total Cost | $149,000 | $149,000 |
